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S f evens  on  s  Baby  Book 

BEING  THE  RECORD  OF 

THE  SAYINGS  AND  DOINGS 

OF  ROBERT  LOUIS  BALFOUR  STEVENSON 

SON  OF 

THOMAS  STEVENSON, C.E. 

AND  MARGARET  ISABELLA  BALFOUR 

OR  STEVENSON 


SAN  FRANCISCO 

PRINTED  FOR  JOHN  HOWELL 

BY  JOHN  HENRY  NASH 

1922 


COPYRIGHT,   1922,  BY  JOHN  HOWELL,  SAN  FRANCISCO 

PUBLISHED  NOVEMBER,  I  922 

PRINTED  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 

IMPERIAL  AND  INTERNATIONAL  COPYRIGHT  SECURED 

ALL  RIGHTS  RESERVED  IN  ALL  COUNTRIES 


■58H- 


TO  ALL  CHILDREN, 

BIG  AND  LITTLE,  WHO  LOVE  STEVENSON, 

THIS  PUBLICATION  IS 

DEDICATED. 


948G5S 


A  Note  to  the  Reader 

THIS  Baby  Recordwas  meant  by  theyouhg 
mother  who  wrote  it^as  ail  such  Records 
are^to  keep  ^f or  memory  s  sake^an  account 
of  the  first  years  of  her  adored  child,  A  few  of 
the  notes  were  added  by  her  in  later  years. 

What  gives  this  Record  extraordinary  value^ 
what  sets  it  apart  from  countless  others^  under- 
taken in  the  same  sweet  cause^  is  that  it  proved 
to  be  the  first  chapter  of  the  biography  of  one  of 
the  best-loved  men  who  ever  lived;  and^  it  will 
not  need  to  bepointedout^the  contentsforeshadow 
in  spirit  ^originality  and  imagination  the  great 
man  the  wee  laddie  was  to  become. 

The  mother  was  Margaret  Isabella  Balfour 
Stevenson  and  the  babe  was  Robert  Louis  Bal- 
four Stevenson,  With  every  passing  year  this 
Baby  Record  grew  a  more  precious  possession  to 
the  mother.  On  her  deaths  which  followed  soon 
after  that  of  her  famous  son^  the  Record  passed 
into  the  keeping  of  her  sister  ^fane  Whyte  Bal- 
four^ the  "Auntie''  of  the  ''Child's  Garden  of 


Verse,'''  But '' Auntie'''  was  already  old.  It  was 
her  concern  to  give  this  precious  volume  to  one 
who  would  regard  it  with  equal  affeEiion,  She 
chose  another  young  mother^  a  relative  by  mar- 
riageywhoj  too^  had  a  little  son. 

Since  then  many  years  have  passed,  The  Baby 
Record^always  in  the  new  owner  s  keeping^has 
traveled  far ;  sometimes  in  a  satchel  on  trains 
and  ocean  steamers^  again  hidden  in  dark  bank 
vaults  in  widely  dispersed  cities. 

Now,  after  long  treasuring,  it  as  a  personal 
possession,  it  is  offered  in  fee  simple  that  it  may 
reach  many  other  lovers  of  Robert  Louis  Ste- 
venson. Katharine  D.  Osbourne. 


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LONDON: 

Field  6-  Tuer,  The  Leadenhall  Press,  B.C. 

Simpkin,  Marshall  &  Co. ;  Hamilton,  Adams  &-  Co. 

New  York  :  Scribner  6*  Wel/ord,  y^j  6*  j^^,  Broadway. 

tCOPYRIOHT 


"PTiEFcACE. 


C4$  young  mothers  delight  in  nothing  more 
than  the  comparisons  of  their  children's  early 
attainments^  no  excuse  is  needed  in  deditating 
to  them  this  concise  registry  of  their  darling's 
doings. 

The  record  will  in  many  cases  prove  an 
invaluable  aid  to  the  doctor  in  the  treatment 
of  illnesses  in  later  life. 


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THE 

TRANSCRIPTION  OFTHE 

TEXT  OF 

Stevensorfs  Baby  Book 


THE  RECORD  OF  THE  SAYINGS 
AND  DOINGS  OF 

Robert  Louis  Balfour  Stevenson 

WRITTEN  BY  HIS  MOTHER 
MARGARET  ISABELLA  BALFOUR  OR  STEVENSON 

\_See  pages  8  and  io.'\ 

Mrs.  Sayers  was  sent  for  about  i  a.  m.  on  the  lo*''  of  De- 
cember.Tom  and  I  had  seen  baby  washed  for  the  first  time 
on  the  evening  before  andTom  had  remarked"  I  trust  it  may 
never  fall  to  my  lot  to  wash  a  baby."  When  I  was  told  that 
Mrs.  S.  was  sent  for  I  began  to  cry  saying"!  have  never  even 
washed  him  yet  "to  which  Tom  replied"Toots,  such  non- 
sense, I'll  wash  the  child  myself "  which  made  me  laugh 
when  I  remembered  his  solemn  speech  made  a  few  hours 
before.  Mrs.  Alan  Stevenson's  nurse  Guest  came  twice  a  day 
to  wash  him  till  we  got  a  Mrs. Thomson,  a  widow,  as  nurse. 
She  stayed  three  months  and  was  very  unsatisfadory,  and 
at  last  we  found  out  that  she  drank,  so  we  sent  her  away  and 
got  a  very  lively  aftive  woman  called  Mackenzie,  a  capital 
worker.  She  stayed  until  he  was  1 8  months  old  and  then 
"Alison  Cunningham"  to  whom  the  "  Child's  Garden  of 
Verse"  is  dedicated, came. 

ISeepageg.']  Birth 

Place  of  Birth:  8  Howard  Place,  Edinburgh. 

T'/;w.?o/5/rM;Wednesdayi3'\Novemberi85oati.3op.m. 

Color  of  Eyes:  Blue  at  first  turning  to  hazel. 

Color  of  Hair:  Very  fair  almost  none  at  first. 

Nurse's  Name:  Mrs.  Sayers. 

Doctor  s  Name:  Dr.  Malcolm. 


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Names 

Surname:  Stevenson. 

Christian  Names:  Robert  Louis  Balfour. 

Pet  Names:  Boulihasker,  Smoutie,  Baron  Broadnose,  Sig- 
nor  Sprucki, otherwise,  Maister  Sprook  and  many  others, 
but  Smoutie  stuck  to  him  until  he  was  about  15. 

\See page  Ji.~\ 
First  Prayer.  "Jesus  tender  Shepherd." 

lSeepagei2.']  18^1 

March  2J''':  Short  Coated. 

June  10''':  Says  Bab-Bab. 

June  20'^:  Got  Shoes  on. 

June  2f^:WGa.ned. 

June  2/'^:  Can  creep  backwards. 

Junejo'^:  Sits  up  alone  and  can  creep  forwards. 

July  if^:  8  months  old,  pulls  himself  up  by  the  sides  of  his 
bed. 

July  2g'^:  Pulls  himself  up  by  a  stool. 

August  2^'^:  Smo\xt\Q  climbed  up  the  stairs  at  Portobello 
(18  steps)  His  father  followed  him  all  the  way  with  a  very 
proud  face. This  month  he  also  learns  to  shew  how  big  he 
is— clap  his  hands  (the  backs)  read  a  book  and  eat  a  piece- 
got  boots  on. 

September  i^'^:  Stands  alone  for  the  first  time  and  begins  to 
evince  a  decided  partiality  for  eggs. 

\_Seepage13.']  Early  Incidents 

First  Journey:  to  Colinton  Manse  at  three  months  old. 
First  Crawl:  Junt  27""  backwards, 30^*" forwards. 
First  IValk :  0(5tober4"' walks3  steps  alone.  1 1""  fairly  off. 
First  JVord:]\xnt  lo"",  Bab-Bab. 


4-0 


[Seepage  14.]  Additional  — 18/1 

November  ij'^:  Our  darling  boy  a  whole  year  old  to-day. 
He  is  running  about  famously,  calls  Tom  "Mama"  and 
warms  his  hands  at  the  fire,  blows  out  lights  and  talks  a 
great  deal  in  an  unknown  tongue  besides  numerous  other 
accomplishments  of  a  like  nature. 

November  22"'^:  Baby  deprived  of  his  bottle. 

1852 

January  ij'^:  Smout  gives  up  his  forenoon  sleep  and  calls 
books  "oufs"  because  he  expedls  to  find  pidiures  of  dogs 
in  them. 

July:  This  month  we  spent  three  days  at  Burntisland  where 
Smout  made  many  friends  particularly  Mr.  Laidlaw  the 
landlord  of  the  Inn,  with  whom  he  walked  about  on  the 
most  intimate  terms. 

August:  Portobello.  Smout  went  to  English  Chapel  on  1 5*'' 
and  behaved  uncommonly  well.  He  comes  into  prayers 
every  morning  now.  Mr.  D.  Constable  says  that  Smout 
understands  pidures  better  than  any  child  of  his  age  that 
he  ever  saw. 

September:  Smoutbegins  to  be  fond  of  stories  and  sometimes 
asks  to  be  told  about  "the  big  stick"  meaning  Cain  and 
Abel,  that, and  Daniel  among  the  "growlers"  are  his  fa- 
vourites. 

05lober  y'^:  Smout  walked  all  the  way  to  Saxecoburg  Hall 
and  back  with  me  to  call  on  Aunt  Marion. 

Otiober  2y^:  Smout  knows  all  the  story  of  Eve  and  Uncle 
Tom,  besides  a  great  many  out  of  the  Bible,  including  the 
flood  and  the  burning  bush.  He  remembers  them  won- 
derfully well. 


4-1 


November  'j*^:  SmoutinColinton  Church  with  Cummy.  He 
sat  in  the  front  Gallery  as  grave  as  a  judge  the  whole  time. 
When  asked  who  preached,  he  said  "  Gatty  (  Grandfather) 
and  a  man"(the  precentor).  When  he  was  shown  my  pic- 
ture with  curls,  which  I  have  given  up,  he  said  "Mama 
brushing  her  hair  to  make  it  all  tidy."  When  he  saw  his 
shadow  on  the  wall,he  said  "The  shadow  hands  all  dirty." 

\SeepageiS.'\ 

OSioher  4*^:  Smout  walked  3  steps  alone. 

October  11'^:  Almost  fairly  off  now. 

December  14*^:  Poor  Smout  very  ill— a  feverish  cold— Dr. 
Hunter  scarifies  his  gums. 

December  16'^:  HesaysAggieandDea(Jane)andtriesMary. 
He  mourns  over  the  poor  drowned  boy  in  the  nursery 
and  scolds  "naughty  Oliver"  (little  statuette  of  Oliver 
Cromwell). 

Diary  0/1852  lost,  found  later. 

1853 

January  4'^:  Smout  said  "  Mama  call  me  Meddlesome  Mat- 
ty because  my  touch  everysing." 

January  8'^:  Smout  told  Papa  he  had  been  in  the  mantelpiece 
gardens  (experimental). 

January  10'^:  When  Smout  was  told  Grandpapa  has  got  a 
coach  with  a  cover  he  said  "Is  it  a  banket?" 

January  //'''.•  Smout  said  "What  will  follow  me,  Cummy  ? " 
alluding  to  the  last  verse  of  the  23"^  Psalm. 

January  22"^ :  Smout  at  his  first  party  at  Forth  Street.  He 
was  very  good  and  shouted  with  delight  when  he  saw  the 
magic  lantern. 


4.2 


[Seepages  i6  an  J  i8.']  18/3 

January  2J'''':  Smout's  first  words  this  morning  were  "Did 
Uncle  David  show  it  to  me,  Mama  ? "  He  was  at  Church  at 
Free  St.  Bernards  to-day  and  behaved  remarkably  well. 

January  2^^:  Smout  at  the  Zoological  Gardens  — highly 
pleased  and  very  courageous  — he  went  close  to  the"Eel- 
infault"  and  even  in  the  tiger  house  said  "My  not  fight- 
ened." 

January  Ji":  Smout  begins  to  walk  up  stairs  like  a  biped. 

February  77"" ;  Smout  begins  to  say  a  prayer  as  well  as  his 
hymn.  After  Smout  went  out  he  expressed  great  distress 
because  he  had  not  made  "an  elegant  bow  to  Mama." 

February  ig'^:  When  Smout  forgets  to  s,z.y please  he  correds 
himself  and  says  "  Oh  that  is  the  pittie  way  to  ask  it." 

March  6'^:  Smout's  Canary  dies. 

March  f^ :  To-day  Cummy  buried  it  in  the  back  green  and 
Smout  came  and  told  me  that"She  put  dirt  upon  it." 

March  S'^:  When  Smout  says  his  prayers  he  asks  "Is  my 
speaking  to  God?" 

March  10'^:  Dear  little  Smout  very  ill  with  an  attack  of 
croup.  He  had  on  a  mustard  plaster  on  his  chest  and  two 
leeches  on  his  dear  little  foot— when  he  saw  the  blood  he 
said"Coveritup,coveritup. "The  bites  had  to  be  burned 
with  caustic.  He  was  very  patient,  dear  little  man,  but  ac- 
cused Cummy  of  hurting  him. 

March  if^:  Better  but  pallid. 

March  20*^:  Cummy  fears  Smout's  affli^ion  has  not  done  him 
good  as  he  is  much  averse  to  prayers,  hymns  and  all  good 
things. 

April y^:  When  I  was  telling  Smout  about  the  naughty 
woman  pouring  the  ointment  on  Christ  he  said" But  Ma- 
ma why  did  God  make  the  woman  so  naughty?" 


4-3 


April  i^'^:  Colinton  Manse.  Smout  is  so  happy  in  dear 
Grandpapa's  house  that  he  says  he  will  not  go  home  again. 

April  i6*^:  Auntie  was  telling  Smout  about  an  owl, and  said 
that  it  could  not  see  in  the  daylight;  he  immediately  said 
"Oh  auntie, you  might  put  up  the  gas  for  it." 

yf^nV //'''.•  Smout  at  Church  and  behaved  very  well.  Johnnie 
and  Noona  are  quite  surprised  because  Smout  says  prayers 
out  of  his  head.  This  is  because  he  puts  in  the  name  of 
everybody  in  the  house  of  his  own  accord. 

April 2 y^ :  Home  to-day.  Smout  in  great  dispair  his  only 
comfort  being  that  he  will  see  Bo  and  Mary. 

\_Seepagej7.']  Vaccination 

By  whom  performed :T>T.  Malcolm. 
D«/^;  JulyI8^I85I. 

Weight  and  Growth 

Growth  at  two  years,  1  feet  9  inches. 
Weight  at  two  years,  27  lbs. 

ISeepageiQ.^  Amusemcnts 

Pet  Animals 
Coolin,aSkye  terrier  was  given  to  him  just  before  he  was  7 
years  old  and  was  his  constant  companion  ever  after.  Cool- 
in  could  play  at  hide  and  seek  and  do  many  tricks. 

\_See  page  20.^ 

May  20'^:  Smout  at  Free  Church,  Bridge  of  Allan  withCum- 
my  and  was  very  good.  He  got  a  sweetie  before  he  went 
in  and  kept  it  in  his  hand  the  whole  time.  The  servant  in 
our  lodgings  thinks  he  should  be  "put  in  the  papers"  as 
something  extraordinary. 

June  ij'^:  On  the  way  to  Church,  Smout  made  the  an- 
nouncement that  he  "liked  the  white  ministers  best." 


4-4- 


June  28'^:  Smout  at  Logie  Church  with  us,  he  said  he  saw 
"Two  babies  getting  their  faces  washed." 

July  24'^:  Smout  at  Pilrig  Church  with  Cummy  when  he 
came  home  he  told  us  "The  furthest  down  minister  (the 
precentor)  roared  as  loud  as  ever  he  could." 

Smout's  favourite  occupation  is  "making  a  Church"  He 
makes  a  pulpit  with  a  chair  and  stool  and  reads  sitting  and 
then  stands  up  and  sings  by  turns. 

August :  Went  to  St.  Andrews.There  was  a  cat  in  the  house 
(Bell  Street)  which  delighted  Smout  very  much,  when  it 
purred  he  said  it  was  singing  "joyful." 

August  4'^:  Smout  is  delighted  with  the  ruins  of  the  Bish- 
op's palace  and  the  story  of"Caudel  Betel"  and  the  bottle 
dungeon.  He  gets  a  bit  of  paper  tied  to  a  string,  standing 
on  a  chair  and  shews  the  way  the  man  shews  the  dungeon. 

^Seepage  21.]  Datcs  of  Sickness 

Mumps.  July  23"*,  1855.  Very  easily  well  on  the  28'\ 

^Seepages  22  and 2 J. '\ 

August  11*^:  Smout's  weight— 2  stone,  i-lb.  He  rides  on  a 
donkey  almost  every  day  and  likes  it.  He  rides  beautifully 
without  being  held  on. 

September:  At  Prestonpans  we  have  a  donkey  of  our  own 
and  Smout  calls  it"Sashy."The  weather  is  so  cold  and 
windy  that  he  is  very  seldom  able  to  ride  on  it. 

O^ober  /";  Smout's  height  is  2  ft.,  11^  ins.  He  is  a  great 
chatter-box  and  speaks  very  distindtly.  He  knows  a  great 
many  stories  out  of  the  Bible  and  about  half  the  letters  of 
the  alphabet,but  he  is  not  so  fond  of  hymns  as  he  used  to  be. 

December  s''^:  Mr.  Senan  at  dinner.  Smout  recited  the  first 
4  lines  of  "On  Linden"  in  great  style  waving  his  hands 


4-/ 


and  making  a  splendid  bow  at  the  end.  This  is  Cummy's 
teaching. 

December  ^'^:  His  Grandfather  was  made  "  DD."  to-day. 
When  he  was  told,  he  said  "  Well,  will  he  come  to  see  you 
when  you're  ill.''" 

December  6*^:  Smout  drove  to  Lassmade  with  Auntjane  and 
Grandaunt  Marion  and  at  night  "Grandpapa's  horse" 
was  included  in  his  prayers. 

December  8*^:  Smout  said  "I  don't  like  that  moon,it  has  got 
a  bit  broken  off  it." 

December  lo*^:  Smout  was  building  the  Tabernacle  with  his 
bricks  to-day  and  he  asked  "where  the  Holy  of  Holies 
was,"  and  said  he  was  putting  up  the  pins  for  the  court. 
He  then  remarked  "This  Tabernacle  is  sticked  on  to  the 
road, it  isn't  meant  to  be  carried  about." 

January  12*^ :  Poor  Lou  said  in  a  doleful  tone  "  I  've  got  no- 
body to  play  with  me,  will  you  come  Mama?" 

January  i^*^:  Smout  told  about  Pilgrims  Progress  much 
to  his  delight. 

January  21'* :  Alan,  Margaret  and  Bob  come  to  pay  us  a 
visit,  when  they  got  home  Bob  told  his  sisters  of  the  de- 
lights of  Inverleith  Terrace  where  "there  was  only  one 
dear  child  who  was  always  good,  a  nurse  who  was  never 
cross  and  late  dinners." 

January  2^'^:  Smout  seems  very  tired,  he  came  to  me  and 
said  "  Do  you  think  I  'm  looking  very  ill  ? "  It  turns  out 
infantile  remittent  fever. 

January  J i" :  Smout  able  to  play  with  his  bricks  on  a  tea 
tray  in  bed. 


4.^" 


March  y^ :  Smout  complained  of  the  figs  because  he  said 
"They  had  nuts  inside  them. "Tom  thinks  this  quite  a 
scientific  discovery. 

March  21":  When  I  told  Smout  about  the  way  the  Ameri- 
cans used  their  slaves,  he  said  "I  think  God  might  send 
them  a  punishment." 

March  26'^:  When  I  read  "There  is  beyond  the  sky  "to  Lou 
he  said  "But  why  has  God  got  a  hell  ? "  I  said  "Are  we  good 
or  bad  people  ? "  Smout "  I  think  you  and  Papa  are  good." 

[See page  24.'\ 

I  said  "  But  what  kind  of  hearts  have  we  ? "  Smout "  I  think 
you  Ve  a  nice  one." 

March  jo'^ :  Smout  was  distressed  to  hear  that  sheep  and 
horses  did  not  know  about  God  and  said  "I  think  some- 
body might  read  the  Bible  to  them." 

April  12*^:  Smout's  little  cousin  "Bo  "died  to-day.  He  did 
not  like  to  hear  about  it,and  said"he  hoped  it  would  please 
God  never  to  let  him  die."  He  asked  if"  Bo  would  be  play- 
ing in  Heaven." 

April ly'^:  When  Smout  was  drawing  pidures  he  said  "I 
have  drawed  a  man's  body,  shall  I  do  his  soul  now?" 

April  I g^^ :  When  Smout  was  shown  a  bird's  nest  he  said 
"There  were  little  birdies  in  the  nest  and  eggies  for  them 
to  eat." 

May  18'^:  Smout  wishes  us  to  bring  him  "a  small  hammer 
and  four  small  nails"  from  London. 

June  26'^:  Smout  and  I  were  talking  about  Heaven  and 
Golden  Harps  and  he  said"ButI'm  afraid  I  couldn't  play 
nicely  u^on  my  one." 

July  ly'^:  Lou  at  Church  at  Inveresk.He  said  of  the  sermon 
"It  was  not  so  good  as  I  thought." 


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July  2^*^:  Lou  cried  because  he  "forgot  to  pray  that  dear 
Papa  might  be  brought  safe  home." 

July  2f^:  When  Lou  was  asked  if  he  admired  a  dress  he  said 
"No, it  is  very  vulgar." 

September  r^'^:  Lou  sawed  through  a  piece  of  wood. 

\_Seepage  2^.']  '     TcCtb 

Two  lower  teeth :  April  1 6  '*',  1 8  5 1 . 

First  upper  tooth ;  May  1 8 "",  1 8  5 1 . 

Second  upper  tooth:  June3'''*ji85i. 

Fifth  tooth :  June  8"^,  1 85 1 . 

Sixth  tooth:  June  27"",  1851. 

Seventh  tooth:  September  a""*,  1851. 

Eighth  tooth:  Od:ober4"',  1851. 

First  double  tooth :  December  3  "^,  1 8 5 1 . 

2""^ and s'^ double  tooth:  December  7"",  1851. 

4*^ double  tooth:  December  i6*\  1851. 

First  tooth  lost:  July  9"",  1 856. 

l!wo  double  teeth,  i  above  and  i  below  discovered:  September 

4^I852. 

y^ double  tooth:  September  2 7 '^ 
4'^  double  tooth:  Odober  23"*. 

\_See page  26.~\ 

OElober  14'^ :  Smout  sees  Jane  Watson's  baby  and  says"She 
is  very  nice  in  the  face." 

November  ij*^:  Louis' 4""birthday.Hegotabrooch  to  give 
to  Cummy  but  said  in  a  disappointed  tone  "People  al- 
ways gets  presents  for  themselves  on  their  birthdays." 

December  2"^ :  Home  from  Morningside  where  we  had  been 
for  a  month  on  Louis'  account.  He  said  he  was  glad  to  get 


4-8 


home  as  we  had  not  a  nice  sideboard  at  Morningside.  It 
just  had  a  place  for  setting  things  on  and  then  another 
place  for  setting  things  on  and  that  was  all. 

December  8'^:  Lou  said  "You  can  never  be  good  unless  you 
pray"  when  asked  how  he  knew,  he  said  with  great  em- 
phasis "Because  I've  tried  it." 

December  ii*^ :  Lou  is  improving,  but  requires  to  be  kept 
very  quiet.  When  forbidden  to  run  about  with  one  of  his 
cousins,  he  looked  thoughtful  for  a  minute,  then  threw 
away  a  toy  which  he  had  in  his  hand,  and  said  with  great 
indignation,"!  can't  be  bothered  with  such  fiddle  de  dee 
and  nonsense." 

December  i8''':  Lou  sits  for  his  portrait  in  chalk  to  Mr.Arch- 
er.When  Mr.  Archer  asked  him  what  kind  of  stories  he 
liked  best  he  said  "  I  like  parables  (a  pause)  and  funny  sto- 
ries,too, you  know."  He  chalks  over  every  picture  he  can 
get  hold  of. 

\_See page  27.] 

December  22"'^ :  Lou  prays  every  night  of  his  own  accord 
that  God  would  bless  the  poor  soldiers  that  are  fighting 
at  Sebastopol. 

December  2^''':  Smout  got  a  sword  for  his  Christmas  pres- 
ent WhenTom  was  disparaging  it,  he  said"  I  can  tell  you 
Papa,  it  is  a  silver  sword  and  a  gold  sheath"  and  the  boy's 
very  well  off  and  quite  contented. 

January  /";  Dear  little  Lou  very  well  indeed  just  now  he 
neither  coughs  nor  wheezes. 

January  2""^ :  Smout  asked  to  have  his  name  put  on  a  book. 
Isaid"Mr.  Smout  is  on  it."  He  replied"  Oh  but  you  must 
put  it's  his  book  or  somebody  will  say*och,och,och,  Mr. 


4-5> 


Smoutie  has  been  writing  his  name  on  one  of  his  Papa's 
books.'" 

January  5''';  Dear  Smout's  curls  cut  off  to-day.  I  was  quite 
sorry  to  part  with  them.  His  hair  is  made  very  short  and 
he  is  rather  a  fright, 

January  8'^:  Lou  "Do  the  flies  make  honey?"  Ma"  No  dear." 
Lou  "Then  do  they  make  butter  like  ^^//^rflies?"  Ma 
"Butterflies  don't  make  butter."  Lou  "Then  what  is  the 
use  of  them?" 

January  g*^ :  When  made  to  wear  a  shawl  above  his  sword 
he  was  in  distress  for  fear  it  would  not  look  like  a  soldier 
and  then  said  "Do  you  think  it  will  look  like  a  night  march^ 
Mama?" 

January  10*^ :  When  Lou  saw  the  sun  looking  red  he  said 
"It's  just  like  a  great  big  orange  thrown  upinto*the  sky." 

[See  page  28.'] 

January  12'^ :  Smout  measured  to-day,  his  height  is  3  ft  3 
inches  and  half  a  quarter,  he  has  grown  almost  2^  inches 
since  last  April. 

January  16*^ :  Cummy  was  climbing  the  ladder  to-day  to 
hangup  Dicky,and  told  Lou  to  holditforher.lt  gave  way 
and  he  began  to  say  "It's  too  heavy,  it's  too  heavy"  but 
he  did  not  let  go  his  hold  even  when  he  got  his  nose  bled, 
indeed  he  clutched  at  Cummy's  gown  to  keep  her  from 
falling. 

January  18'^ :  Smout  snibbed  himself  into  the  nursery  to- 
day and  we  could  not  get  the  door  open  till  Mr.  Hunter 
(the  Wright)  came  and  took  out  the  panel.  He  was  very 
good  as  long  as  any  one  spoke  through  the  door  to  him, 
but  cried  when  we  tried  to  get  him  to  open  it.  When  he  got 
out  he  said  he  had  been  afraid  that  he  would  never  get  out 
any  more  but  would  just  be  lost. 


/o 


January  22'^'^ :  Lou  has  taken  a  great  fancy  to  the  parable  of 
the  vineyard  let  out  to  husbandmen  and  can  repeat  it  per- 
fe(5tly  just  from  hearing  it  read. 

February  6'^:  Lou  dreamt  that  "he  heard  the  noise  of  pens 
writing." 

February  7'*;  When  I  asked  Lou  what  story  he  would  like 
read,  he  said  "Oh  you  may  read  the  9''"  story  of  John, 
that's  about  the  man  that  was  born  blind  you  know." 

February  (?''';Tom  and  I  played  at  Willie  Wastle  with  Lou 
last  night.  He  was  greatly  delighted  but  got  into  such  a 
state  of  excitement  that  he  scarcely  slept  all  night. 

\_See  page  2g.'\ 

February  i^'^ :  Lou  is  quite  mad  on  the  subje6t  of  soldiers, 
and  the  War.  He  prays  night  and  morning  for  our  poor 
soldiers  that  are  fighting  at  Sebastopol  and  that  they  may 
get  the  vidory.This  is  quite  of  his  own  accord. 

February  2y^ :  Lou  said  "How  can  God  give  us  his  Holy 
Spirit  and  yet  be  good  Himself?  I'm  at  a  loss,"  he  also  said 
"  I  'm  often  sorry  in  the  night  when  I  think  of  all  the  Jews 
did  to  Jesus." 

At  this  time  Cummy  had  been  ill  and  had  gone  home  for 
a  change  and  I  had  influenza  and  was  confined  to  bed  so 
Lou  was  very  much  alone.  He  generally  spent  his  time  in 
colouring  the  pictures  in  pidorial  papers  with  coloured 
chalks. One  day  when  his  aunt  Warden  went  in  to  see  him 
she  asked  if  he  did  not  weary  all  alone,he  replied  "Oh  no, 
I  'm  always  doing  something  you  know." 

March  5'*;  Lou  thinks  he  is  more  like  Jonathan  than  any 
of  the  other  Bible  characters  as  Jonathan  had  a  sword  and 
a  bow  and  arrows,  and  so  has  he.  He  is  generally  either 
Jonathan  or  Lord  Raglan,just  now. 


/■ 


March  if^:  Smout's  dream  "  I  dreamt  that  I  was  going 
downstairs  and  I  saw  a  Russian  bear  looking  out  at  the 
pantry  door,and  it  came  up  and  took  hold  of  my  foot  and 
I  awoke  and  it  was  just  a  dream." 

[^See  page  30.'] 

March  2g^^:  Another  dream."  I  dreamt  thatlwas  at  a  mar- 
riage and  a  boy  asked  me  to  go  to  his  room  and  when  J 
looked  out  at  the  window  I  saw  a  basket  hanging  down 
from  the  sky  and  it  was  full  of  doors  all  around  and  some- 
body gave  me  something  that  wasn't  good  for  me  and  I 
would  not  take  it."The  something  appeared  to  be  a  cookie 
of  some  kind  and  he  said  the  basket  "was  hung  on  a  nail 
driven  into  a  cloud." 

May  6*^:  Smout's  sermon  verbatim  "Whoever  entereth  in- 
to a  field  on  the  Sunday  and  reapeth  or  picketh  sticks  is 
not  of  God  and  shall  not  go  to  Heaven,  but  if  he  does 
anything  more  on  the  Sunday  he  must  go  to  Hell.  Every- 
one must  do  nothing  that's  wrong"  Then  a  psalm  was 
sung. 

May  g'^:  Lou  was  naughty  today,  and  after  he  went  to  bed 
he  said  to  Cummy  "  I  would  like  to  be  good,  I  think  I  must 
say  my  prayers  more  earnestly  yhnt  if  I  forget,  will  you  do 
it  for  me?" 

June  16'^:  Smout  said  "Am  I  to  get  a  tuckie  (sweetie)  every 
night  ? "  I  thought  I  heard  a  slight  voice  of  it. 

June  if^:  Smout  complained  that  his  tea  -^z.^^^  very  faint  T 

July  5'^:  (At  Mount  Clussie  Lasswade)  Smout  said"There's 
a  very  large  daisy  not  awake  yet.  Oh,  I  suppose  it  must  be 
a  night  policeman  for  you  know  they  keep  awake  all  night 
and  go  to  sleep  through  the  day." 

July  7''' ;  Smout  was  asked  "  What  would  you  do  if  you  were 
left  on  a  desert  island  ? "  S. "  I  would  come  away."  "  But  if 


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there  was  water  all  round?"  S."I  would  come  away  in  a 
ship."  "  But  if  there  was  no  ship  ? "  S. "  I  would  send  a  letter 
by  the  post," "If  there  was  none?"  S."I  would  sit  down 
and  take  a  hearty  greet"  (cry). 

[See  page  ji.l 

August  lo'^:  Lou  bathed  in  the  sea(Portobello)  for  the  first 
time  and  likes  it  very  well. 

August  ly''' :  Lou  now  dips  his  face  into  the  water  himself 
and  calls  it  going  over  the  head.  He  is  looking  stronger 
than  he  has  done  for  a  long  time,  and  enjoys  digging  in  the 
sand.  His  favourite  companion  is  little  Marion  Rhind. 

September  l" :  Smout's  Poetry 

"No  sun  is  in  the  sky- 
While  night  comes  on 
Then  stars  and  moon  comes  out 
And  then  another  day 
The  sun  comes  out  again." 

September  22""^:  At  Craggan  near  Arracher  where  we  were 
staying  with  Grandpapa,we  were  all  playing  at  tig  (tag)  and 
Smout  said  "I '11  catch  you  round  the  house,  Mama,  but 
we'll  both  walk." 

September  2^'^:  Lou  was  trying  to  make  a  boat  of  a  piece  of 
stick  and  said  it  would  not  sail  because  the  occurrence  (cur- 
rent) was  against  it. 

October  26*^ :  Smout  was  drawing  a  lamp,  after  he  made  the 
post  he  said  "  Now  I  will  put  the  hat  on  it." 

November  4*^:  Lou  dined  in  the  dining  room  with  us  at  five 
o'clock  for  the  first  time.  He  is  to  do  it  every  Sunday  and 
thinks  himself  a  very  big  man. 

1856 
January  i'* :  Smout  dines  with  us. 


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y^««^ry/j''\-Smout  heard  about  fearing  God,  he  said  "Why- 
should  people  fear  him  as  if  he  was  going  to  kill  them?" 

{^See  page  J2.'] 

January  ly'^:  Smout's  prayer  "O  Lord  if  it  seems  good  to 
you  let  me  have  a  new  brother  or  sister  if  you  think 
proper." 

January  i8'^ :  Lewie  takes  scarlatina  to-day,  a  mild  case. 

February  j'^:  Dear  wee  Lou  prayed  among  other  things 
"that  God  would  be  very  near  every  person  that  was  not 
very  well." 

February  ly*^ :  When  I  asked  Lou  what  he  had  been  doing, 
he  said  "I've  been  playing  all  day— at  least  I've  been 
making  myself  cheerful.^' 

February  2y^ :  When  Tom  told  Smout  about  putting  lines 
of  stones  for  the  wheels  of  carts,  he  said  "that  was  a  very 
good  idea  and  when  we  come  to  that  bridge  I  '11  sh^wyou 
the  railway  and  it's  just  the  very  same  thing.  And  I  '11  shew 
you  another  thing  that  I  want  to  know  the  meaning  of, 
and  that's  why  they  put  soda  water  bottles  on  the  tele- 
graph." 

February  2/]!^:  I  said  something  to  Smout  about  Christ  hav- 
ing died  to  save  him,  he  said  "Did  He  die  to  save  me?" 
"Yes."  "Me  ?"  "Yes."  "Well  then,does  n't  that  look  very 
like  as  if  I  was  saved  already  ? " 

March  /'''.•  Smout  said  "I  'm  going  to  call  you  *  Mother' 
sometimes  just  that  I  may  remember  to  do  it  when  I  'm  a 
big  man."  At  night  he  said,  "Goodnight  my  gentlest  of 
Mothers." 

March  i^*^:  Smout's  syllogism  "Mama, has  a  match  gas?" 
"Why  do  you  ask  dear?"  "Because  Papa  said  flame  was 
gas,  now  a  match  has  a  flame." 


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\_See  page  33.'] 

March  2^*^:  Smout  goes  to  Loms  for  dancing,  "Joe"  pro- 
nounced him  stupid  and  gave  him  several  blows  with  the 
fiddlestick— poor  Smout  looked  at  Cummy  but  did  not 
cry.  When  Mrs.  Warden  asked  him  how  he  liked  the  danc- 
ing, he  said  "  It  was  rather  disappointing."  He  took  cold 
after  the  lesson  and  was  not  able  to  go  back. 

April  12'^ :  Smout  and  I  come  home  after  a  week  at  Colin- 
ton.  Smout  is  very  sorry  to  leave  and  begs  to  be  allowed 
to  stay  till  Monday. 

April  i8'^:  Smout  cannot  understand  the  days  getting  long- 
er and  says  "  he  would  rather  go  to  bed  at  the  y  o'clock  that 
used  to  be'"^ 

April  I  g'^:  When  saying  the  second  verse  of"  I'm  not  too 
young  "Smout  said  "Surely  that's  gross  nonsense  for  it 
looks  as  if  God  only  saw  me  when  I  sinned,  now  I  thought 
He  saw  me  always  whatever  I  was  doing." 

April  2g'^ :  Smout  discovered  that  he  can  make  purple  paint 
by  mixing  crimson  and  blue. 

June  i^'^ :  Tom  explained  to  Louis  the  rise  of  the  sap  up 
the  stem  to  the  branches  — on  asking  him  if  he  under- 
stood the  explanation  he  said  "Yes  the  sap  is  like  an  old 
man,  and  the  root  and  stem,  the  horse  that  pulls  him  up 
the  hill." 

July  4'^:  Lou's  had  a  bad  attack  of  "Mrs.  Sanley"  after  had 
toothache.— He  woke  in  a  fright  and  was  quite  delirious 
for  some  time— we  had  to  get  the  do6tor. 

*  Publisher's  Note.— This  same  idea  is  expressed  in  his  well  known  "Bed  in 
Summer"  in  "The  Childs  Garden  of  Verse"  rhyme  — 

*'In  winter  I  get  up  at  night 
And  dress  by  yellow  candle  light. 
In  summer  quite  the  other  way 
I  have  to  go  to  bed  by  day." 


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July  6*^ :  When  Lou  got  a  book  for  taking  a  dose  and  was 
told  it  cost  2/6  he  said  "  If  I  had  known  it  was  so  dear  I 
would  have  choosed  something  else  for  I  don't  like  to 
waste  so  much  money  on  trifles." 

\See  page  34.'\ 

Billy  Traquair  and  Lou  had  been  eating  buttercups  which 
caused  the  feverish  attack  on  the  5"". 

September  2^^ :  Smout  tried  to  fish  for  the  first  time  (at  In- 
verleithen)  with  a  string  and  crooked  pin.  Tom  Warden 
made  him  believe  he  had  caught  a  fish  and  he  was  much 
charmed. 

September  jo*^:  Home  from  the  country  after  a  very  wet 
summer.  Smout  is  so  enchanted  with  all  his  toys  that  he 
has  scarcely  time  to  eat. 

October  7''';  Bob  Stevenson  comes  to  stay  with  us. 

November  ij'^:  Lou's  6'^  birthday.  AuntWarden  gives  him 
a  toy  theatre  and  he  and  Bobbie  set  to  work  to  paint  the 
scenes  with  great  eagerness. 

November  2^^:  Smout  begins  to-day  to  dictate  a  history  of 
Moses  to  try  for  a  prize  which  Uncle  David  is  to  give  for 
the  best. 

November  26'^:  Lou  has  inflamation  of  the  cheek.  It  is  ter- 
ribly swelled  and  he  suffers  so  much  that  he  tells  me  per- 
haps he  may  never  be  better. 

December  21''':  Lou  finished  his  history  of  Moses  to-day. 
He  di6tated  every  word  himself  on  the  Sunday  evenings. 

December  2§'^:  Lou  gets  a  Bible  picture  book  as  a  prize  for 
his  Moses  and  is  greatly  charmed.  When  he  got  it  he  said 
"But  I  don't  deserve  it." 


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1857 
February  6''':  Lou  is  still  so  feverish  that  we  are  alarmed  & 
Tom  gets  Christison  to  see  him.  He  says  it  is  nothing  but 
bronchitis,  that  he  should  soon  be  better,  but  this  house 
(i  I nverleith Terrace)  is  bad  for  him  it  is  so  cold  from  be- 
ing an  end  house. 

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February  ij'^:  Lou  finished  coloring  a  book  of  soldiers  for 
David  Alan— it  was  his  own  idea,  he  asked  me  to  buy  it 
for  him. 

February  20''':  Took  Lou  to  Colinton  to-day  for  change,  he 
complained  of  pain  in  his  head  and  was  very  sick  and  ill 
all  night.  We  sent  for  the  dodlor  who  says  it  is  caused  by 
milk,  which  he  had  been  ordered -disagreeing  with  him. 

March  18'^:  Lou  still  at  Colinton  and  well. 

April  10*^:  Take  Lou  to  Bridge  of  Allan.Take  Mrs.Hal- 
dane's  lodgings  where  Lou  is  very  happy  with  his  gun. 
When  Mrs.  Warden  saw  him  crouching  behind  a  bush  in 
the  garden  and  asked  what  he  was  doing,  he  said  "I'm 
hunting  blawbacks."  Auntie  had  been  reading  Mayne 
Reid's  books  to  him. 

InMayweleavelnverleithTerraceandcometoiyHeriot 
Row. 

May  11'^:  At  Aberdown.  Smout  is  improving  very  much 
here.  He  is  getting  very  wild  and  like  a  boy. 

♦y^f^/^w^ffr  jo''';  Dear  Lewie  goes  to  Mr. Henderson's  School 
in  I  ndia  St.  from  i  o  till  1 1  o'clock. 

October  6'^:  Smout  says" Mr. Henderson  is  the  most  nicest 
man  that  ever  was." 

November  ij''':  Dear  Lewie  spends  his  7""  birthday  in  bed 
having  taken  bronchitis  but  he  is  much  comforted  by  the 


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companionship  of  his  Skye  terrier  dog  called  "Coolin" 
which  arrived  lately  from  the  West  Coast. 

1858 

January  10*^:  Smout."  The  Churches  are  much  to  blame  for 
not  sending  missionaries  to  convert  the  Arabs."  Mama. 
"  But  if  people  won't  go  what  can  the  Churches  do  ?  Will 
you  go  when  you're  big?"  S."I  think  you've  forgotten 
one  word  that  was  needful."  M."  What  is  that  ? "  S."If  I  'm 
spared." 

January  13*^ :  Smout  takes  bronchitis  again. 

January  18'^:  To-day  Lou  drew  a  pidure  of  Sir  Henry  Have- 
lock  praying  which  he  sent  to  David  Alan  before  his  Papa 
had  seen  it.  When  he  heard  that  I  was  vexed,  he  drew  two 
others,  but  neither  was  so  good  as  the  first. The  next  time 
I  saw  him  he  said  "I'm  blamed  for  kindness  and  get  no 
encouragement  for  endeavour." 

January  J o'^  :y^\ve.n  told  to  take  a  sleep  through  the  day 
Smout  said  "I'm  just  like  Papa,  I  can  never  sleep  in  the 
daytime,  I  would  be  very  thankful  if  I  could." 

February  2'"^:  Lou  has  been  better  and  worse  since  the  13''' 
ult.  Tonight  he  becomes  much  more  feverish. 

February  6*'':  WhenTom  went  into  the  nursery  at  1 2  p.  m. 
Smout  was  wide  awake  and  said  "You  see  I  have  very  bad 
nights.  Papa,  I  'm  always  thankful  when  the  morning 
comes."  Better  on  1 2^''  and  goes  to  Colinton  on  1 7''',much 
to  his  delight.  He  stays  till  March  9'''. 

March  10*^:  Mr.Winstanley,  a  young  English  student,  be- 
gins to  teach  Smout  from  10  to  12. He  turns  out  a  disap- 
pointment, and  goes  off  without  paying  his  bills. 


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